is a Japanese dish particularly in

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. Freshly cooked rice is pounded until somewhat mashed, then formed into cylinders around Japanese cedar skewers, and toasted over an open hearth. It can then be served with sweet

miso is a traditional Japanese seasoning. It is a thick paste produced by fermenting soybeans with salt and kōji (the fungus ''Aspergillus oryzae''), and sometimes rice, barley, seaweed, or other ingredients. It is used for sauces and spreads; p ...

or cooked as

dumpling Dumplings are a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of cooked dough (made from a variety of starchy sources), often wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, wheat or other flours, or potatoes, and it may be filled wi ...

s with meat and vegetables in soups.{{Cite web, url=https://jnto.tohokumoment.com/en/akita/t4-kiritannpo_nabe/, title=Kiritanpo Nabe (Kirintanpo Pot), website=TOHOKU - A MOMENT IN TIME, language=en-US, access-date=2020-02-09, archive-date=2017-09-19, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919200931/http://jnto.tohokumoment.com/en/akita/t4-kiritannpo_nabe/, url-status=dead

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Culture in Akita Prefecture Japanese soups and stews

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